West Bank

Israel cannot afford another government that leaves it isolated - opinion

Shifting Western attitudes toward Israel could lead to the recognition of a Palestinian state, unless combated by a Zionist, statesmanlike, and liberal government.

Yisrael Beytenu leader and MK Avigdor Liberman holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, May 6, 2026
(FILE PHOTO) JEWISH EXTREMISTS stand next to a fire amid clashes with Palestinians during olive harvest in Abu Falah near Ramallah in the West Bank, on October 16, 2026.

IDF evacuates Israeli rioters after fire breaks out near Palestinian West Bank town

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a presentation of Israel’s national security doctrine, in Jerusalem, October 18, 2026

A vote for Netanyahu is a vote for isolation, poverty, and vulnerability - opinion

A view of the scene of a deadly shooting attack at the Yehuda Junction checkpoint near the West Bank city of Hebron, where two Israeli soldiers were murdered and three others wounded by Palestinian gunmen the previous day, October 24, 2026.

IDF, Shin Bet forcibly evacuate 2,000 Hebron Palestinians in response to deadly Hamas attack


UK may sanction firms bidding on Israel’s E1 settlement tender, Miliband warns

Businesses and individuals bidding on E1 construction tenders risk “legal and reputational consequences,” Britain’s foreign minister warned, as the deadline for bids ends on Monday.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is seen on the day of a press conference regarding settlements expansion for the long-frozen E1 settlement, near Ma'aleh Adumim in the West Bank, August 14, 2025

WATCH: Palestinians throw stones at People of Israel's Hassan-Nahoum while visiting West Bank town

A stone is thrown through Hassan-Nahoum's car window while she is speaking to a camera, breaking it and wounding one of the passengers.

Screenshot taken from a video of Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, with her holding up the rock that was thrown through her car window while touring the West Bank.

IDF deploys new Border Police company as Jewish extremist violence rises in West Bank

A new Border Police company will tackle nationalist violence in the West Bank as Defense Minister Israel Katz demands stronger police enforcement.

Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir meets with officers of the Central Command during a tour of the West Bank.

IDF, Shin Bet arrest 10 suspects connected to attack on US journalist, EU diplomats in West Bank

Defense Minister Israel Katz tried to transfer the authority over actions taken by extremist settlers in the West Bank from the IDF to the Israel Police.

Israeli security forces and armed settlers evacuate activists from the area of olive tree plantation in Idna village near Hebron, on October 13, 2026.

IDF dismantles illegal West Bank outposts amid rise in nationalist violence

Security officials sharply criticized what they described as the courts' failure to impose meaningful penalties, arguing that judges were reluctant to issue punishments that could deter offenders.

Israeli military forces fire tear gas and disperse Palestinian farmers, preventing them from continuing the olive harvest as they attempt to cross an iron gate erected by the Israeli army in the village of Salem, east of Nablus in the West Bank, October 17, 2026.

West Bank attacks on Washington Post journalist, diplomats may signal dangerous trend - analysis

No matter who is prime minister after October 27, if the situation in the West Bank does not come under control, violent Jewish extremists could become an even greater direct danger to Israel.

An Israeli settler casts a stone towards Palestinians, next to a fire, amid clashes during Palestinians' olive harvest in Abu Falah near Ramallah in the West Bank, October 16, 2026.

Rabbis for Human Rights files police complaint over Rabbi Lior’s Palestinian olive harvest ruling

Rabbis for Human Rights said its acting director submitted the complaint on behalf of its 170 members, alleging incitement to racism, incitement to violence, and encouraging the theft of property.

A Palestinian farmer raises a handful of olives over a dark collection cloth as several fruits fall from his hands in Beit Awwa, southwest of Hebron in the West Bank, on October 15, 2026.

How the weekend’s Jewish extremist violence reverberates through election campaigns - analysis

With elections just a week and a half away, incidents involving Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine and a delegation of European diplomats have become another battleground in the campaign.

Firefighters douse a burnt car with water after Israeli settlers attacked a group of Palestinians harvesting olives near Turmus Ayya in the West Bank, October 16, 2026.

US officials visit Palestinian village after settler attacks on diplomats

US diplomats visited a Palestinian Christian town after settler attacks on European diplomats, as violence surged across the West Bank.

Masked extremist Jewish settlers clash with Palestinians during the annual olive harvest in the village of Abu Falah, near Ramallah in the West Bank, where several people, including American photojournalist Heidi Levine, were injured in an attack by Israeli settlers, October 16, 2026.

Democrats' Golan, Kariv decry gov't inaction on West Bank violence in visit to wounded journalist

Democrats leader Golan and MK Kariv visited Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine after she was attacked in the West Bank, accusing the government of failing to address Jewish extremist violence.

Democrats MK Gilad Kariv (L) and party leader Yair Golan (R) meet with Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine in the hospital on October 18, 2026